Dissertations / Theses: 'Slow and fast fashion'

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Machadinho, Mónica Filipa Coelho. "Fast fashion vs. slow fashion." Master's thesis, Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Arquitetura, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/17804.

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Dissertação de Mestrado em Design, com a especialização em Design de Moda apresentada na Faculdade de Arquitetura da Universidade de Lisboa para obtenção do grau de Mestre.
A presente dissertação, de cariz teórico-prático, insere-se no âmbito do Design de Moda, particularmente na observação dos novos comportamentos do mercado e das novas tendências de consumo, resultantes do atual processo de globalização decorrente da Terceira Revolução Industrial. A partir de revisão de literatura relevante, este estudo pretende analisar a evolução da globalização e o seu impacto junto dos consumidores. Os antagónicos movimentos de Fast Fashion e Slow Fashion, assumem particular importância no contexto da indústria da Moda, e exprimem diferentes valores estéticos, culturais e sociais que proporcionam diferentes visões no pensamento e vivência dos consumidores, estabelecendo conexões entre as consequências geradas por ambos os movimentos. Através de uma análise SWOT, a presente investigação procura obter uma mais correcta identificação dos valores de cada um destes dois sistemas, fundamentais para a compreensão de uma moda mais consciencializada e justa. Com base nos princípios da Slow Fashion, que valorizam não só as questões da ética e sustentabilidade mas, e sobretudo, a valorização das habilidades tácteis dos artesãos populares portugueses, surge o levantamento das principais técnicas e desenhos utilizados na elaboração do tradicional “Bordado de Viana”, que servirá de suporte à coleção desenvolvida.
ABSTRACT: This essay, of a theoretical and practical nature, is aimed at the observation of new behaviors in markets as well as the new trends of consumption, resulting from the ongoing process of globalization of the Third Industrial Revolution. Starting with the consulting of relevant literature, this research intends to analysis the evolution of the globalization, and the impact on consumers. The antagonistic movements of Fast Fashion and Slow Fashion which are particularly important in the Fashion industry, and express different aesthetical, cultural, and social values that allow us new insights into the thinking and background of consumers, establishing connections between the consequences that arose from these movements. Through a SWOT analysis, the present investigation attempt to obtain a more accurate identification of the values of each of the two systems, which is fundamental in the understanding of a more aware and fair fashion. Based on the principles of Slow Fashion, which hold in high regard not only matters of ethics and sustainability but, first and foremost, the valuing of the labor skills of popular Portuguese artisans, comes up the main techniques and designs used in the production of the traditional “Bordado de Viana” were studied, and served as inspiration for the collection that will be developed.
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JOHANSSON, ELEONOR. "Slow fashion : the answer for a sustainable fashion industry?" Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Institutionen Textilhögskolan, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-20182.

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The fashion industry is today a global industry and has huge effect on our environment as well as on people. It is dominated by fast fashion and just-in-time production that has lead to increased seasons and mini-collections in season, which generate new low price items in store every week and even every day. This in turn has lead to an escalation in fashion trends that spris our desires for new experiences and leads to overconsumption where consumers buy more than they need, which in the end results in fashion waste.
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Mardell, Emma. "Questioning the boundaries between fast- and slow fashion." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-143065.

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Individual’s existential ambivalence has according to Jacques Derrida, one of the foremost proponents of post-structuralism, led to a continuous demand for structure (Cooper, 1989). Categories, used as structural tools, are however often hierarchically organized, where one category is more preferable than the other, also referred to as binary oppositions. Alternative categories and/ or references will appear when adopting a deconstruction process, which is crucial in order to invoke change and development (Cooper, 1989; Markkula et al., 2011; Marion, 2006). The aim of present research is trying to identify if Derrida’s theory of undecidable transfer of features (Agger, 1991; Cooper, 1989; Livingston, 2010; Bates, 2005) is applicable in fashion, more specifically fast- and slow fashion, and if the two categories are susceptible to a merge. Deconstructionism and Derrida’s theory of undecidable was furthermore applied as the theoretical framework throughout the study. Present research has been executed with an interpretive methodological approach and through a poststructural epistemological outlook (Hudson & Ozanne, 1988; Eriksson & Kovalainen, 2016). Data was derived through two focus group interviews, involving seven informants at a time, with Autodriving as a visual research tool (Heisley & Levy, 1991) and open-ended questions as a complementing instrument (Eriksson & Kovalainen, 2016). A thematic analysis was furthermore applied when revisiting the data and analysing its content. The findings finally suggest that a merge between fast- and slow fashion is executable, which furthermore also legitimises Derrida’s theory of undecidability. This study has however only begun the deconstruction process and does therefore encourage future researchers to continue investigating the theory of undecidability (Agger, 1991; Cooper, 1989; Livingston, 2010; Bates, 2005) not only in fashion, but also within other institutions.

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Haeger, Christiansson Jacob, and Julia Lindhé. "Flexibilitet på en dynamisk marknad : En kvalitativ tvärsnittsstudie om hur företag arbetar med flexibilitet på en dynamisk marknad." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-160332.

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Bakgrund: Modeindustrin är en av de branscher som växt mest under 2000 talet vilket medfört förändringar gällande trender och strukturer på marknaden. Från att massproduktion dominerat produktionsstrategin och dess värdekedja har en dynamisk marknad med dess sporadiska efterfrågan växt fram. Som en följd har värdekedjan och produktionsstrategin utvecklats till att bli allt mer agil och flexibel. Att vara mer flexibel är dock en fråga om prioritering då det kräver resurser, pengar och tid. Syfte: Syftet med studien är att beskriva och analysera hur Slow Fashion bolag arbetar med flexibilitet på en dynamisk marknad. Metod: Studien har en kvalitativ forskningsmetod och är en tvärsnittsstudie med två företag som empirisk grund. Empirin har samlats in via semistrukturerade intervjuer samt dokumentstudier. Slutsats: Studien konstaterar att flexibilitet inte är något som något av de undersökta företagen jobbar aktivt med vilket har skapat en låg lageromsättningshastighet. Flexibilitet är dock inte lika viktigt för dessa företag inom Slow Fashion då deras segment grundar sig på en betydligt stabilare efterfrågan på grund av dess långa produktlivscykler.
Flexibility on a dynamic market - A qualitative cross-sectional study on how businesses work with flexibility on a dynamic market. This study aims to investigate how Slow Fashion companies use flexibility in their project of creating a collection to survive on a dynamic market with high volatile demand. This has been investigated by studying two Swedish fashion companies and the research questions that has been investigated is: - How does the companies prioritize between quality, economic and time when developing a new collection? - How does the prioritization affect the companies ability to achieve flexibility? - How important is flexibility for a Slow Fashion company? The study is based on interviews with two persons who work at two different Slow Fashion companies. Since there is a lot of research about how Fast Fashion companies work with flexibility, the aim of the study has been to investigate how and if Slow Fashion companies does the same. The study shows that rather than focusing on time in the companies working processes, they prioritize to maintain a high-quality production while keeping the productions costs down. Based on the results obtained in this study, it can be concluded that the companies do not use flexibility with the ambition of launching their products to the market as quick as possible since the demand of Slow Fashion products have a longer durability than Fast Fashion company products. However, they still exist on a dynamic market that requires flexibility in other parts of the value chain. The main contribution from this study is a deeper understanding in how Slow Fashion companies work with flexibility.

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Skoog, Rebecka, and Alexandra Olofsson. "Att implementera cirkulär ekonomi inom slow fashion : En kvalitativ studie av slow-fashionföretags möjlighet att implementera den cirkulära ekonomins principer." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-149520.

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Hernández, Abel. "Fast and Slow Fashion as Seen Through the Millennial Mindset." The Ohio State University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1524092309937056.

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Karlsson, Matilda, and Crystel Fernandes. "Fast Fashion 2.0 : en mer hållbar affärsmodell." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-10283.

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Att arbeta med miljö och hållbarhet blir allt vanligare inom modesektorn. Samtidigt ställs höga krav på hastighet inom textil- och klädindustrin som pressas till att leverera trendiga, prisvärda plagg i stora volymer så snabbt och effektivt som möjligt på marknaden. Det leder ibland till överproduktion och negativ miljöpåverkan. Hur kan då den så kallade fast fashion-industrin och den mer hållbara modeindustrin samverka så att fast fashion-företag ska kunna nå en mer hållbar affärsmodell? Begreppet kollaborativ konsumtion förekommer allt oftare, vilket innebär en delad ekonomi där konsumenter får tillgång till varor utan att själva äga dem. Det leder till att överkonsumtionen av varor i samhället minskar och istället främjas den hållbara utvecklingen. Uthyrning som ett alternativ till försäljning är förekommande inom modesektorn, både som ett alternativ till den traditionella försäljningen, men även som ett substitut. Dock är det idag inte lika förekommande med uthyrning av fast fashion-kläder, detta anses därför vara ett intressant ämne att undersöka. Studiens syfte är att undersöka möjligheterna att införa uthyrning av kläder i kombination med traditionell försäljning i fast fashion-företaget Gina Tricot och därefter föreslå en möjlig affärsmodell. Studien grundas i affärsmodellen Busines model generation baserat på nio byggstenar, insamlat material i form av intervjuer och webbaserat material från tre företag. Gina Tricot representerar ett fast fashion-företag, Houdini ett livsstilsföretag med uthyrning som ett alternativ till försäljning samt Klädoteket som representerar ett hyrbaserat företag. De tre företagens affärsmodeller har jämförts med varandra samt analyserats med tidigare studier för att slutligen i en analys och diskussion besvara studiens syfte. Sammantaget har studien kunnat visa hur fast fashion-företaget Gina Tricot kan införliva det allt mer aktuella fenomenet, kollaborativ konsumtion i en ny affärsmodell. Vid ett eventuellt införande av Gina Tricot´s nya koncept kläduthyrning, kan företaget behöva förändra framförallt sex av de nio byggstenarna ur affärsmodellen Business model generation. Genom nya värdeerbjudanden, fler marknadsföringskanaler och bättre kundrelationer med utbildad butikspersonal inom hållbar konsumtion, har den nya affärsmodellen stor potential att lyckas då Gina Tricot har de ekonomiska och mänskliga förutsättningarna. Frågan ställs där emot om Gina Tricot´s fast fashion-kläder verkligen håller den kvalitet som krävs för uthyrning i det nya och mer hållbara konceptet, Fast Fashion 2.0.

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Vaz, Inês Margarida Pereira. "O consumidor orientado para o slow-fashion : relação entre perfil, orientação e intenção de compra." Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/19935.

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Em resultado dos desafios ambientais e sociais que o planeta enfrenta atualmente e que comprometem a sua sustentabilidade, um número crescente de consumidores preocupa-se com estas questões, apoiando movimentos que garantem a satisfação das necessidades presentes sem comprometer as futuras e pressionando as empresas no mesmo sentido. Um desses movimentos sustentáveis é o slow-fashion, que em contraste com o fast-fashion, batalha contra os impactos negativos de uma das indústrias mais poluentes e menos éticas, a da moda. Neste sentido, tendo em conta a clara expansão deste movimento e o conhecimento restrito sobre o tema, o objetivo geral da presente dissertação passa por identificar a dimensão e o perfil sociodemográfico e psicográfico do grupo de consumidores portugueses de artigos de moda altamente orientados para o slow-fashion, tal como por determinar a sua intenção de compra. Os resultados indicam que o grupo de inquiridos altamente orientados para o slow-fashion detém uma dimensão significativa na amostra. Em relação ao perfil, são as mulheres com mais de 54 anos que possuem uma orientação mais elevada, não se verificando diferenças quanto a habilitações literárias e rendimento. Para além disso, os valores ambientais, valores altruístas, crenças negativas sobre sweatshop e crenças negativas sobre questões ambientais na indústria da moda, mostram-se relevantes na explicação desta orientação, ao contrário dos valores egoístas. Por fim, quanto maior a orientação para o slow-fashion, maior a intenção em comprar estes produtos.
As a result of the environmental and social challenges faced by the planet nowadays which undermine its sustainability, a growing number of consumers is concerned about these issues, supporting movements that ensure the satisfaction of present needs without compromising future ones and putting pressure on companies to do it as well. One of these sustainable movements is slow-fashion, that, in contrast to fast-fashion, battles against the negative impacts of one of the most polluting and unethical industries, the fashion industry. Thus, considering the clear expansion of this movement and the limited knowledge on it, the goal of this dissertation is to identify the dimension and the sociodemographic and psychographic profile of the Portuguese consumers group that has a high slow-fashion orientation and determine their purchase intention. The results show that the respondents' group that has a high slow-fashion orientation owns a significant size in the sample. Regarding their profile, women over 54 are the ones who have a higher orientation to slow-fashion, with no differences in terms of academic qualifications and income. In addition, the environmental values, altruistic values, negative beliefs about sweatshop and negative beliefs about environmental issues in the fashion industry are relevant in explaining this orientation, as opposed to egoistic values. Finally, the higher the consumer orientation, the greater the purchase intention.
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Robertsson, Ella, and Jenny Nylander. "Är det möjligt att marknadsföra på ett hållbart sätt? : En studie om slow fashionföretags förhållningssätt till marknadsföring." Thesis, Högskolan i Skövde, Institutionen för handel och företagande, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-20067.

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Företag inom slow fashion arbetar mer med hållbarhet, både för konsumenterna och deras anställda. Det är stort fokus på att miljön ska bevaras medan företagen konkurrerar med fast fashionkedjor som massproducerar kläder och säljer till låga priser. Det stora problemet inom industrins produktion handlar om hur man ska försöka minska utsläpp och påverkan på miljön samt hantera överkonsumtionen genom hållbar marknadsföring. Studiens syfte är att utvärdera vilka karaktärsdrag slow fashion företag har gentemot fast fashion företag och hur slow fashion företag inom klädindustrin marknadsför sitt hållbarhetsarbete till konsumenterna. Studien undersöker även hur företagen arbetar med marknadsföring för att nå ut till sina nuvarande och framtida konsumenter. Studien har en kvalitativ ansats och det empiriska materialet samlas in genom semistrukturerade intervjuer med fyra slow fashion företag. Vi har även samlat in empiriskt material genom undersökningar av företagens offentliga material så som hemsidor och sociala medier för att komplettera intervjuerna. Resultatet analyseras med hjälp av tidigare forskning och begreppen slow- jämfört med fast fashion och marknadsföring. Vidare analyseras företagens ansvar med hjälp av begrepp och modeller inom triple bottom line, corporate social responsibility, certifieringar och legitimitet. Det sista inom studien som analyseras är konsumentens ansvar i form av politisk konsumtion samt aktiviteterna bojkott och buycott. Resultaten visar att alla fyra företagen är positiva till att arbeta med hållbarhet för att förbättra miljön och deras arbete kommer inte avta men att företagen vill nå ut till fler konsumenter och minska konsumtionen genom att påverka konsumenterna till att göra färre onödiga inköp.
Slow fashion companies work more with sustainability, both for consumers and their employees. There is a strong focus on preserving the environment while companies compete with fast fashion chains that mass-produce clothes and sell at low prices. The big problem in industrial production is about how to try to reduce emissions and impact on the environment and manage overconsumption through sustainable marketing. The purpose of the study is to evaluate the characteristics of slow fashion companies in relation to fast fashion companies and how slow fashion companies in the clothing industry market their sustainability work to consumers. The study also examines how companies work with marketing to reach their current and future consumers. The study has a qualitative approach, and the empirical material is collected through semistructured interviews with four slow fashion companies. We have also collected empirical material through studies of the companies' public material such as websites and social media to supplement the interviews. The results are analyzed with the help of previous research and the concepts of slow- vs. fast fashion and marketing. Furthermore, corporate responsibility is analyzed with the help of concepts and models within triple results, corporate social responsibility, certifications, and legitimacy. The last thing in the study that is analyzed is the consumer's responsibility in the form of political consumption and the activities boycott and buycott. Results show that all four companies are positive about working with sustainability because the environment and their work will decline, but that the companies want to reach more consumers and choose consumption by influencing consumers to make fewer unnecessary purchases.

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Mohsin, Priya. "Modeindustrins gröna marknadsföringsstrategi : En studie om Åhléns och Filippa K." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-27933.

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Den senaste tiden har miljödebatten vuxit sig stor och den kopplas allt mer samman till det ohållbara konsumtionssamhället som vi lever i idag. Modeindustrin utgör en stor del i den ohållbara utvecklingen av samhället och genom ett hållbarhetsengagemang börjar många modeföretag försöka få bukt på miljöproblemet och flera andra sammanhängande globala problem. I samband med detta har det gröna marknadsföringskonceptet fått ett uppsving bland modeföretagen och företagen har börjat anamma slow fashion konceptet. Denna miljödebatt i relation till klädkonsumtion är ett väldigt viktigt ämne som behöver tas på största allvar. Med grund i denna problemdiskussion är syftet med studien att analysera grön marknadsföringsstrategi inom modebranschen och därmed bidra med kunskap och djupare förståelse för ämnet. För att utföra undersökningen har studien antagit ett företagsperspektiv och analyserat kring Åhléns och Filippa Ks hållbarhetsarbete och deras gröna marknadsföringsstrategier. Studiens frågeställningar är ”Hur arbetar Åhléns och Filippa K med hållbarhet inom deras verksamhet?” och ”Vilka likheter och skillnader går det att urskilja i företagens gröna marknadsföringsstrategi?”. Studien baserades på modellen ”The Marketing Triangle” och för att erhålla olika perspektiv av respektive företaget har därför en kvalitativ metod med en deduktiv ansats varit till grund. Det utfördes både intervjuer med respektive företag samt en personalundersökning genom ”Mystery shopping” metoden. Studien påvisade att företagen arbetar omsorgsfullt med hållbarhet inom företagen och att det finns flera likheter än skillnader i företagens gröna marknadsföringsstrategi vilket troligtvis bland annat har att göra med att de ingår i samma koncern. Utifrån ett realistiskt perspektiv har företagen en beblandning av de olika strategierna i ”The Green Marketing Strategy Matrix” och de består inte endast av en enda strategi från modellen. En skillnad i företagens marknadsföringsstrategi är att de har olika syften när de kommunicerar via marknadskommunikationen, medan Åhléns vill framhäva miljöaspekterna väljer Filippa K att avstå ifrån det. Personalundersökningen som innefattade observation av kommunikationen i butikerna påvisade att båda företagen bör arbeta mer med den interna marknadsföringen. Slutdiskussionen av studien tyder på att det för båda företagen finns brister i deras gröna arbete och det går därför att ifrågasätta hur pass miljöetiskt deras arbete är inom produktionskedjan. Det går även att konstatera att modeparadoxen är vad som hindrar arbetet mot ett hållbart konsumtionssamhälle. Som en avslutande ståndpunkt förklaras det att för att åstadkomma förändringar och bidra till ett hållbart samhälle behöver alla vi ta vårt eget ansvar.

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Brantemo, Ellen, Hanna Carlstedt, and Hanna Wilhelmsson. "Sustainable conscious fashion consumption from the perspective of Generation Z : - With a focus on motivations." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för marknadsföring (MF), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-96044.

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The purpose of this thesis ‘Sustainable conscious fashion consumption from the perspective of Generation Z - With a focus on motivations’ is to provide the reader with deeper knowledge about Generation Z’s perception of sustainable conscious fashion and what motivates them to choose sustainable consumption. Further, this research gives insight into the decision process among Generation Z regarding fashion apparel. The thesis is based on two research questions which are (1) What are the motivations to consume sustainable conscious fashion among Gen Z and (2) How do psychological factors influence Gen Z decisions to consume sustainable conscious fashion? To be able to complete this thesis and answer the research questions, relevant theories have been analyzed and incorporated to create an understanding when analyzing the empirical data. The thesis was conducted using a deductive approach and a qualitative research method to acquire primary data. The data collection has been accumulated by doing semi-structured interviews with the aim to gain in-depth knowledge about Gen Z motivations to consume sustainable conscious fashion. The literature review includes theories that are in relation to the topics of (1) Sustainability, (2) Generation Z, and (3) Psychological Factors such as self-image and cognitive dissonance. Based on the literature review a conceptual framework (Figure 2.1) was created in which the liaisons between the different theories have been presented. The interview guide was created in accordance to the operationalism in order to present the empirical data in chapter 4, ‘Empirical findings’.Thereafter, an analysis based on the empirical findings are discussed in relation to previously presented theories in the literature review. It is concluded that the primary motives for purchasing apparel among Generation Z are to strengthen their self-image, whether it is to fit in or stand out. The generation cares about sustainability, which is expressed by purchasing eco-friendly foods and by considering their choices of transport. The findings show there is a lack of information provided by retailers and authorities, which translates into the consumers not being able to make sustainable choices regarding fashion consumption.

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BERLIM, Lilyan Guimar?es. "Transforma??es no campo da moda: cr?tica ?tica e est?tica." Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, 2016. https://tede.ufrrj.br/jspui/handle/jspui/2139.

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The fashion and textile industry is one of the largest business segment in the world. However, this segment has been the subject of ethics, aesthetics and environmental criticism, especially so-called "fast fashion", a high-speed production system, integrated with information technology, which manages releases, sales, inventory and manufacturing clothes, turning datasheets of garments in a finished product within points of sale in a few days. The fast fashion phemomenon settled in the fashion industry in the last decades of the twentieth century as a result of the dynamics of global capitalism in search of lower cost and reduced production, time, space, distribution and sale. The fast fashion, however, has been socially criticised as it?s based on precarious work and promoting hyper consumption which leads to quick disposal of clothing, consumption of natural resources at breakneck scale and also the standardization of the body and spread a subtle homogenization of the appearance, promoted by the fashion media. The research has mapped and analysed the relationship between fashion and social criticism, with emphasis on appearance, construction and current settings of the ethical criticism and aesthetics to fast fashion. It has also mapped and analysed some answers that the market has given to such criticism, as well as alternative proposals built by various social groups, in particular the slow fashion movement: its concept, ideas and production proposals, consumption and engagement. From the politicization of consumption and macro trends that are configured as a socio-cultural background of the fashion consumption trends, we see the various forms of expression of these criticisms and seek to understand its incorporation into the market. For this, we rely on the theoretical framework of Boltanski and Chiapello (2009), which considers the incorporation of criticism as necessary to the moral justification of capitalism and its maintenance. The results indicate that the criticisms are expressed and are incorporated by fashion design professional, in consumption practices. in the pursuit of sustainable business forms, creating value associated with the shared economy, the adoption of Corporate Social Responsibility, in changes in production processes and the use of lower-impact materials. We also verified that as a way of incorporating criticism as a counterpoint to the hegemonic practices of production and consumption, the movement "slow fashion" proposes not only deceleration time of production and consumption of clothes, but also empowerment and political activism in the area of fashion design. In conclusion, the research identified as a response to criticism, the existence of changes in the sector and the growing ethicization fashion.
A moda e a ind?stria t?xtil constituem um dos maiores segmentos de neg?cios do mundo. Associadas simbioticamente, chamamos este campo de ind?stria da moda. O segmento vem sendo alvo de cr?ticas ?ticas, est?ticas e ambientais. Estas cr?ticas se dirigem, principalmente, ao que tem sido chamado de ?moda r?pida?, ou fast fashion, um sistema de produ??o de alta velocidade, integrado ?s tecnologias de informa??o, que gerencia lan?amentos, vendas, estoques e manufatura de roupas, transformando fichas t?cnicas de pe?as de vestu?rio em um produto acabado dentro de pontos de venda em poucos dias. O fast fashion ? uma consequ?ncia das din?micas do capitalismo global em busca do menor custo, em um menor espa?o de tempo de fabrica??o, distribui??o e venda, baseando-se em trabalho prec?rio (muitas vezes em condi??es an?logas ? escravid?o), na promo??o do hiperconsumo e do descarte r?pido de roupas e, consequentemente, do consumo de recursos naturais em escala vertiginosa, com impactos ambientais de grande extens?o, e, ainda, na padroniza??o do corpo e na difus?o de uma sutil homogeneiza??o do parecer, promovida pelas m?dias de moda. Tais pr?ticas se estabeleceram na moda nas ?ltimas d?cadas do s?culo XX como consequ?ncia das transforma??es do capitalismo global. A presente pesquisa mapeou e analisou as rela??es entre a moda e a cr?tica, o surgimento, a constru??o e as atuais configura??es da cr?tica ?tica e est?tica ao fast fashion e as respostas que o mercado vem dando ?s mesmas, assim como as propostas alternativas constru?das por segmentos do mercado, em especial, o movimento ?moda lenta?, ou slow fashion: seu conceito, ideias e propostas de produ??o, consumo e engajamento. A partir da an?lise da politiza??o do consumo e das macrotend?ncias, que se configuram como um pano de fundo sociocultural ?s tend?ncias de consumo, verificamos a express?o destas cr?ticas e sua incorpora??o pelo corpo social; identificamos a? uma chave explicativa para a incorpora??o das cr?ticas pelo mercado de moda, corroborando com o quadro te?rico de Boltanski e Chiapello (2009), que entende a incorpora??o das cr?ticas como necess?ria ? justifica??o moral do capitalismo e sua manuten??o. Os resultados indicaram que tanto o corpo social quanto o mercado expressam e incorporam as cr?ticas nas pr?ticas de consumo de moda; na busca por formas de novos neg?cios sustent?veis; na cria??o de valor associado ? economia compartilhada; na ado??o da Responsabilidade Socioambiental Empresarial e da ?tica nos neg?cios; nas altera??es em processos produtivos; e no uso de mat?rias primas menos impactante. Verificamos tamb?m que, como incorpora??o das cr?ticas e como contraponto ?s pr?ticas hegem?nicas de produ??o e consumo, o movimento slow fashion prop?e n?o apenas a desacelera??o do tempo de produ??o e consumo de roupas, mas tamb?m um empoderamento e ativismo pol?tico na ?rea do design de moda, tanto na produ??o quanto no consumo. A pesquisa identificou a exist?ncia de altera??es no setor em fun??o da incorpora??o das cr?ticas, em especial a crescente eticiza??o da moda.

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Abdulgadir, Adil, and Imad Abdulgadir. "Strategic Proposals for Sustainable Supply Chains in the Fast Fashion Industry : Exploring ways to incorporate concepts and methods to confront the damaging effects of the industry." Thesis, KTH, Industriell ekonomi och organisation (Inst.), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-285949.

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Accounted as the second largest cause of pollution, the fashion industry is only behind the petroleum industry worldwide. In recent decades, the supply chains of retail companies have become international with the growth of a global economy. As a result, fashion companies have increasingly shifted their supply chains into developing countries with cheaper labour. The shift is made possible due to their lower environmental awareness and looser environmental regulatory systems. This dominant business model within the clothing industry has gained enormous traction within recent decades and has been coined with the term fast fashion. However, due to the negative economic, social and environmental impact, mainly in developing countries, fast fashion companies increasingly focus on sustainability efforts within their supply chains to ensure the same quality and standards in production and working conditions. The thesis seeks to investigate what efforts have to be done within the supply chains of fast fashion companies in order to become more sustainable. A case study is conducted with a fashion retailer based in Sweden, referred to as Company X, through several semi-structured interviews in order to explore how Company X manages to keep a competitive advantage through its extensive sustainability efforts within its supply chain. The findings and analysis of this study show that there are numerous supply chain strategies for improvements, including sustainable manufacturing, eco-material preparations, green distribution, ethical consumers and reshoring vs. offshoring strategies. The major competitive advantages that are achieved according to the company itself come from; a shift from labour-intensive suppliers to capital-intensive, strong brand image, credibility, increase in ethical consumers, partnerships, transparency and traceability. Conclusively, purchasing from capital-intensive suppliers rather than labour-intensive suppliers will yield new innovative solutions for technologically advanced eco-material as well as efficiency in the production process. Furthermore, it was found that for a reshoring strategy to become the norm in the near future, extensive work and research is required. Lastly, as consumers' behaviour shifts towards a more ethical mindset, traditional fast fashion companies will continue to lose an important customer segment if no changes are made.
Modebranschen är den näst största orsaken till föroreningar världen över bakom oljeindustrin. Under de senaste decennierna har försörjningskedjor för detaljhandelsföretag blivit internationella med tillväxten av en global ekonomi. Som ett resultat har modeföretag i allt högre grad flyttat sina försörjningskedjor till utvecklingsländer med billigare arbetskraft. Förändringen möjliggörs på grund av deras lägre miljömedvetenhet och lösare miljörätt. Denna dominerande affärsmodell har fått ett enormt fäste inom klädindustrin under de senaste decennierna och har myntats med termen fast fashion. Men på grund av den negativa ekonomiska, sociala och miljömässiga påverkan, främst i utvecklingsländer, fokuserar snabbmodeföretag alltmer på hållbarhetsinsatser inom sina försörjningskedjor. Detta görs för att säkerställa samma kvalitet och standarder i produktions- och arbetsförhållanden. Arbetet har i syfte att undersöka vilka insatser som måste göras inom fast fashion-industrins försörjningskedjor för att bli mer hållbara. En fallstudie genomförs med ett modeföretag baserad i Sverige, kallad Company X, genom flera semistrukturerade intervjuer för att utforska hur de lyckas behålla konkurrensfördelar genom sitt omfattande hållbarhetsarbete inom sin försörjningskedja. Resultaten och analyserna av denna studie visar att det finns många strategier för förbättringar inom försörjningskedjan, inklusive hållbar tillverkning, miljövänliga preparat, grön distribution, etiska konsumenter och reshoring kontra offshoring-strategier. De stora konkurrensfördelarna som uppnås enligt företaget själva kommer från; en övergång från arbetsintensiva leverantörer till kapitalintensiva, stark varumärkesimage, trovärdighet, ökade etiska konsumenter, partnerskap, transparens och spårbarhet. Avslutningsvis så kommer köp från kapitalintensiva leverantörer, snarare än arbetskraftsintensiva leverantörer, leda till nya innovativa lösningar för tekniskt avancerade miljömaterial såväl som effektiviseringar i produktionsprocessen. Dessutom konstateras det att för att en reshoring-strategi ska bli normen inom en snar framtid krävs omfattande arbete och forskning. När konsumenternas beteende skiftar mot en mer etisk inställning, kommer traditionella fast fashion-företag att fortsätta att förlora ett viktigt kundsegment om inga förändringar görs.

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Bertilsson, Ellinor, and Alphen Laura van. "From Fast to Slow: Can influencers make us shop more sustainably? : A quantitative study investigating the impact of influencers and their communities on fashion purchase intent and circular behavior." Thesis, Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för ekonomi, samhälle och teknik, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-48252.

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Research questions: How do social media influencers affect fashion purchase intent? How is slow fashion behavior affected by social media influencers? Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the possible effects that social media influencers have on slow fashion behavior, in addition to explore the effects of social media influencers on fashion purchase intent. Method: This research was conducted through a quantitative study and the data was collected using an online survey. The survey was constructed and distributed in collaboration with a research group at Mälardalen University. Conclusion: This study confirms that influencers have the possibility to influence consumers’ behavior and provides initial insight into how their communities can affect consumers. The study concludes that influencers can persuade consumers to purchase fashion products online. However, there is ambiguity into how much influencers affect consumers. The study showed that the relationship between influencers and their communities is not clear, and especially how the two concepts interact in the way they influence consumers to behave more sustainably. Despite the complex relationship, both have the capability to positively and negatively affect consumers’ slow fashion behavior. While consumers may not employ all behaviors favorable in the slow fashion movement, any positive behavior will make a difference.

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Hubková, Veronika. "Světové trendy v módním průmyslu." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2012. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-199982.

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The Dissertation is providing concise insight into the history of fashion industry, its global evolution and remarkable thresholds leading us into the way we can see it nowadays. Consequent focus is around today's trend of fast fashion being seen as the synonym for affordable and low-cost apparel. Vigorous supply chain analysis delivers valid arguments about negative social and environmental impact on our society as a result of recent fashion trends. Considering all above highlighted issues along with increasingly important sustainability, the theses is trying to outline a future prospect of the industry.

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Sjöström, Charlotte, and Emma Ungerman. "Europas framtida konfektionsmarknad : dess förutsättningar för att återfå en stark position." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Institutionen Textilhögskolan, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-16821.

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Textil- och konfektionsindustrin blir alltmer globaliserad och ställs inför hårdare krav då konsumenterna efterfrågar allt billigare varor i snabb förändring. Sedan flera decennier har europeiska konfektionsföretag flyttat sin tillverkning till länder med lägre arbetskostnader för att uppfylla kraven om låga priser som europiska tillverkare har svårt att uppfylla. En stor del har flyttats till Kina men även till andra länder i Asien. Nu håller marknadsförhållandena på att förändras igen genom tillväxt- och utvecklingsländernas starka utveckling. Förändringarna syns tydligast på Kinas marknad genom stigande priser och mindre kapacitet för europeisk produktion. Detta skapar nya förutsättningar för hur företagen väljer att planera sina verksamheter och resulterar i att detaljhandelsföretagen ser sig om efter alternativa produktionsländer.Syftet med studien är att ta reda på om konfektionstillverkningens tyngdpunkt kommer att fortsätta att ske i Asien eller om det finns förutsättningar för europeisk konfektionsindustri att återhämta sig och bli konkurrenskraftig i förhållande till tillverkningen i Asien eller om konfektionsindustrin istället kommer att etableras i andra globala regioner. För att uppnå detta syfte utformades en kvalitativ studie i form av semistrukturerade djupintervjuer med nio svenska konfektionsföretag samt en stiftelse verksam inom textil- och konfektionsindustrin. Studien har kompletterats med dokument utformade av organisationer kopplade till EU samt vetenskapliga artiklar.Undersökningen påvisar att Kinas förändrade situation inte leder till en större återväxt för Europas textil- och konfektionsproduktion. Tyngdpunkten av konfektionsproduktion inom den närmsta framtiden kommer att ligga kvar i Asien men flyttas från Kina till nya lågkostnadsländer i regionen. Europa kommer med sannolikhet inte att bedriva någon massproduktion i framtiden och de förlorar alltmer produktion inom låg- och mellanprissegmentet till övriga regioner. Delar av europeiska företags produktion kommer inom den närmsta tiden att fortsätta ske inom Europa, då ingen annan region i dagsläget kan uppfylla behoven av korta ledtider, effektiv logistik, små serier, stabilitet och hög kvalitet lika bra. Med tiden kommer troligtvis en allt större del att produceras i Nordafrika som i framtiden kan komma att ta över en betydande del av både Asiens och Europas produktion.The textile- and clothing industry is becoming increasingly globalized and face even tougher requirements as consumers demand for cheaper goods in rapid change. For several decades the European apparel companies have moved their manufacturing to countries with lower labour costs to meet the requirements of low prices. A major part has been moved to China, but also to other countries in Asia. Now the market conditions are changing again because of the strong growth of emerging and developing countries. The changes are most evident in China's market where prices are rising and capacity is decreasing for European production. This creates new conditions for how the retail companies choose to plan their activities and results in that they look for alternative production countries.The purpose of this study is to determine if the emphasis of clothing manufacturing will continue to occur in Asia or whether there are grounds for European clothing industry to recover and become competitive in relation to production in Asia or if production instead will be established in other global regions. To achieve this purpose we executed a qualitative study in the form of semi-structured interviews with nine Swedish clothing companies and a foundation working in the textile- and clothing industry. The study has been supplemented with documents written by organizations linked to the EU and scientific articles.The survey shows that China's changing situation does not lead to a major regeneration of European textile- and clothing production. The emphasis of clothing production will in the near future remain in Asia, although move from China to the new low-cost countries in the region. Europe will probably not mass produce clothing in the future and they lose more and more production in low-and mid-range market to other regions. Parts of the European company's production will in the near future continue to take place in Europe, as no other region currently can meet the needs of short lead times, efficient logistics, small batches, stability and quality as well. Over time, probably more production will occur in North Africa which in the future may take over a significant part of both Asian and European production.
Program: Textilekonomutbildningen

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Andersson, Gabriella, and Johanna Dingfors. "Vägen till framtidens hållbara konsument : En kvalitativ studie om hur generation z uppfattar hållbarhetskommunikation i den svenska modebranschen." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-45906.

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With the increased focus on climate change, sustainability has become a common term for both organizations as well as consumers. The clothing industry is one of the industries that have the biggest negative impact on climate change. Still, the fast fashion business, based on cheap materials and low production costs, continues to thrive. The clothing companies stand before an increased review from society and are therefore forced to work with sustainability and acceptance. Depending on how the companies handle their communication with regards to sustainability, their consumers are put at risk of being subjectable to greenwashing, since the companies regard themselves to be more sustainable than they are. Generation Z consists of people born between the years of 1995 to 2005 and they were born into the so-called climate crisis. Generation Z is ultimately the generation that will live during the unpredictable future due to climate change. This makes the generation the most environmentally conscious generation yet. Still, the generation is the world’s largest group of consumers, and a large part of their identity lies within how they dress. This study aims to examine how generation Z, as an environmentally conscious group with a lot of purchasing power, perceives the Swedish fashion brand's communication about sustainability. The study is based on a quality method, using focus groups to gather data. This method is chosen since the aim is to analyze generation Z perception, feelings, and ideas. The theory studies terms within the roam of sustainability, both in the Swedish fashion business and as well as marketing. How Swedish fashion companies communicate their work on sustainability and how this is perceived by generation Z is presented via “a linear model of communication”. The result of the study shows that all the respondents have a similar perception of how confidence-inspiring the fashion business combination on sustainability is. Previous research has described generation Z as a consumer group that highly values sustainability, this is in line with the results of this study. The respondents describe that they consume sustainably by shopping second-hand but finds it hard to do sustainable choices when shopping for newly produced clothes. Fashion companies in the fast fashion sector that work with sustainability limited areas of the organization have low to no credibility from the respondents. The will to consume sustainably produced clothes is hindered by the fact that the respondents lack the trust for the actual sustainability in the products and production chain. The respondents seek companies with transparency, since thisincreases their trust and fulfills their will to consume sustainably.
I takt med att vår klimatpåverkan ökar har hållbarhet blivit ett uppmärksammat begrepp hos såväl organisationer som hos konsumenter. Modebranschen är en av de branscher som har störst negativ påverkan på miljön, trots detta fortsätter den så kallade fast fashion-industrin, baserad på billiga material och tillverkningskostnader, att blomstra. Modeföretagen står samtidigt inför en ökad granskning av samhället och tvingas att arbeta med hållbarhet för att få acceptans. Beroende på hur företagen väljer att kommunicera sitt hållbarhetsarbete riskerar konsumenterna att bli utsatta för greenwashing, då företagen anser sig vara mer hållbara än vad de egentligen är. Generation z, personer födda mellan åren 1995–2005, är födda in i den så kallade klimatkrisen samt är också den generation som ska leva i en orolig framtid med växande klimatförändringar. Detta resulterar i att målgruppen är den hittills mest kritiska och miljömedvetna av alla generationer. Samtidigt är målgruppen världens största konsumentgrupp och är måna om att skapa sin identitet genom vad de klär sig i. Studien syftar till att undersöka hur generation z som köpkraftig och miljömedveten målgrupp uppfattar de svenska modeföretagens hållbarhetskommunikation. Forskarna har valt en kvalitativ forskningsmetod med fokusgrupper som insamlingsmetod eftersom studien syftar till att på ett djupgående sätt undersöka generation z:s uppfattningar, känslor och idéer. Teorin belyser begrepp som berör området hållbarhet i den svenska modebranschen och hållbar marknadsföring. Hur svenska modeföretag kommunicerar hållbarhetsarbetet och hur detta tolkas av generation z presenteras via kommunikationsmodellen “A linear model of communication”. Resultatet av studien visar att samtliga respondenter har liknande uppfattningar om hur förtroendeingivande modebranschens hållbarhetskommunikation är. Tidigare forskning beskriver generation z som en konsumentgrupp som värderar hållbarhet högt vilket stämmer överens med studiens resultat. Respondenterna beskriver att de handlar mycket hållbart i form av second hand men anser att det är svårt att göra hållbara val av nyproducerade plagg. Modeföretag verksamma inom fast fashion-industrin som arbetar med hållbarhet inom begränsade delar av organisationen har lågt eller inget förtroende hos representanterna. Viljan att handla nyproducerade hållbara plagg hindras av det faktum att respondenterna inte litar på graden av hållbarhet i produkterna och produktionskedjan. Greenwashing är ett begrepp samtliga respondenter är bekanta med vilket minskar förtroendet för företagen eftersom det är vanligt förekommande inom modebranschen. Samtliga respondenter efterlyser transparens hos företagen vilket skulle öka deras förtroende och vilja att konsumera hållbart.

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Minhas, Frida, and Mersiha Memic. "The fast fashion phenomenon : Luxury fashion brands responding to fast fashion." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Institutionen Textilhögskolan, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-20850.

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Purpose:The purpose of this thesis has been to study, describe and analyze how luxury fashion brands have responded to fast fashion. Background:It has been stated that the life of luxury fashion brands has become more difficult since the proliferation of fast fashion brands. The Italian luxury fashion designer Giorgio Armani has said that "Fast fashion is a growing reality in our sector". Anna Wintour, the editor-in-chief of American Vogue has credited Zara for creating a ‘seasonless cycle for fashion’. Fast fashion brands such as H&M, Zara, Mango and Topshop have through interpreting catwalk trends with a speedy time-to-market been extremely successful at attracting the fashion conscious consumer. Even loyal high-end customers have started to mix their luxury fashion with fast fashion. Luxury fashion brands once dismissed the fast fashion brands as irrelevant to their high-end business, which however have started to drain away sales from the luxury fashion brands.Method:A qualitative research approach was taken to meet the purpose of collecting the relevant data. An interview was made with PR and Marketing Manager at Group 88, Robert Meeder who manages brands such as Gucci, Burberry and Bottega Veneta in Copenhagen. We also did a content analysis on articles collected that address the issue of how different luxury fashion brands have responded to fast fashion for the empirical study.Conclusion:Luxury fashion brands have responded to fast fashion by inclining towards the fast fashion model or reacting against it. Some of the reactions have been to offer lower priced lines under their own sub-brands. They have also allowed their customers to buy products during online webcasts in order to ensure early deliveries. Improvements have been made within logistics in order to speed up the time-to-market. The luxury fashion brands are also working more ‘seasonless’ than before and focusing on their heritage to portray a slower and more indulgent image to the consumer.
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Lythe, Grant David. "Stochastic slow-fast dynamics." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.338108.

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Montiel, López Jacob. "Fast and slow machine learning." Thesis, Université Paris-Saclay (ComUE), 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019SACLT014/document.

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L'ère du Big Data a révolutionné la manière dont les données sont créées et traitées. Dans ce contexte, de nombreux défis se posent, compte tenu de la quantité énorme de données disponibles qui doivent être efficacement gérées et traitées afin d’extraire des connaissances. Cette thèse explore la symbiose de l'apprentissage en mode batch et en flux, traditionnellement considérés dans la littérature comme antagonistes, sur le problème de la classification à partir de flux de données en évolution. L'apprentissage en mode batch est une approche bien établie basée sur une séquence finie: d'abord les données sont collectées, puis les modèles prédictifs sont créés, finalement le modèle est appliqué. Par contre, l’apprentissage par flux considère les données comme infinies, rendant le problème d’apprentissage comme une tâche continue (sans fin). De plus, les flux de données peuvent évoluer dans le temps, ce qui signifie que la relation entre les caractéristiques et la réponse correspondante peut changer. Nous proposons un cadre systématique pour prévoir le surendettement, un problème du monde réel ayant des implications importantes dans la société moderne. Les deux versions du mécanisme d'alerte précoce (batch et flux) surpassent les performances de base de la solution mise en œuvre par le Groupe BPCE, la deuxième institution bancaire en France. De plus, nous introduisons une méthode d'imputation évolutive basée sur un modèle pour les données manquantes dans la classification. Cette méthode présente le problème d'imputation sous la forme d'un ensemble de tâches de classification / régression résolues progressivement.Nous présentons un cadre unifié qui sert de plate-forme d'apprentissage commune où les méthodes de traitement par batch et par flux peuvent interagir de manière positive. Nous montrons que les méthodes batch peuvent être efficacement formées sur le réglage du flux dans des conditions spécifiques. Nous proposons également une adaptation de l'Extreme Gradient Boosting algorithme aux flux de données en évolution. La méthode adaptative proposée génère et met à jour l'ensemble de manière incrémentielle à l'aide de mini-lots de données. Enfin, nous présentons scikit-multiflow, un framework open source en Python qui comble le vide en Python pour une plate-forme de développement/recherche pour l'apprentissage à partir de flux de données en évolution
The Big Data era has revolutionized the way in which data is created and processed. In this context, multiple challenges arise given the massive amount of data that needs to be efficiently handled and processed in order to extract knowledge. This thesis explores the symbiosis of batch and stream learning, which are traditionally considered in the literature as antagonists. We focus on the problem of classification from evolving data streams.Batch learning is a well-established approach in machine learning based on a finite sequence: first data is collected, then predictive models are created, then the model is applied. On the other hand, stream learning considers data as infinite, rendering the learning problem as a continuous (never-ending) task. Furthermore, data streams can evolve over time, meaning that the relationship between features and the corresponding response (class in classification) can change.We propose a systematic framework to predict over-indebtedness, a real-world problem with significant implications in modern society. The two versions of the early warning mechanism (batch and stream) outperform the baseline performance of the solution implemented by the Groupe BPCE, the second largest banking institution in France. Additionally, we introduce a scalable model-based imputation method for missing data in classification. This method casts the imputation problem as a set of classification/regression tasks which are solved incrementally.We present a unified framework that serves as a common learning platform where batch and stream methods can positively interact. We show that batch methods can be efficiently trained on the stream setting under specific conditions. The proposed hybrid solution works under the positive interactions between batch and stream methods. We also propose an adaptation of the Extreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost) algorithm for evolving data streams. The proposed adaptive method generates and updates the ensemble incrementally using mini-batches of data. Finally, we introduce scikit-multiflow, an open source framework in Python that fills the gap in Python for a development/research platform for learning from evolving data streams

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Cahill, Donal Patrick. "Wishful Thinking, Fast and Slow." Thesis, Harvard University, 2015. http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:17467495.

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Psychologists have documented a panoply of beliefs that are sufficiently skewed towards desirability to arouse our suspicion that people believe things in part because they want them to be true (e.g. “above-average” effects (Alicke & Govorun, 2005; Baker & Emery, 1993; Beer & Hughes, 2010; Dunning, Meyerowitz, & Holzberg, 1989; Svenson, 1981; Williams & Gilovich, 2008), unrealistic optimism (Carver, Scheier, & Segerstrom, 2010; Scheier, Carver, & Bridges, 1994; Sharot, Korn, & Dolan, 2011; Weinstein, 1980), and wishful thinking (Aue, Nusbaum, & Cacioppo, 2011; Babad, 1997; Krizan & Windschitl, 2009; Windschitl, Scherer, Smith, & Rose, 2013)). The ostensible irrationality of these motivated biases poses a deep psychological question: how are such biases generated and maintained by a cognitive system that is presumably designed to accurately track reality? Studies that look at the motivated biases and the biased belief updating that may give rise to them tend to employ rich meaningful stimuli covering different targets of belief that are of every day concern: from your health, intelligence, and attractiveness, to your perfidy, academic performance, marital prognosis and driving ability. The use of such stimuli makes it difficult to account for the prior experience and beliefs relevant to such stimuli that a participant brings to the study as well as inadvertently reinforcing a view that motivated biases emerge through rumination upon specific and relatively sophisticated belief content (Lieberman, Ochsner, Gilbert, & Schacter, 2001). In this dissertation we changed this methodological emphasis. Over the course of the first three experiments, we demonstrate wishful thinking in a semantically sparse, repeated decision-making task about which participants can have no prior expectations, where the components of the task have no personal relevance beyond the experiment, and where they will be required to update their belief about the current state of affairs based upon a repeated and varying diet of desirable and undesirable evidence. We then situated this bias in the dual-process framework of judgment and decision-making by manipulating the time participants take to make their judgment in our task (Experiments 4a and 4b), by manipulating participants' cognitive load (Experiment 5), and by manipulating participants' thinking style—the weight participants put on the contribution from each type of processing—with an essay writing prime (Experiments 6a and 6b). On the whole, the results show that automatic processes alone are sufficient for wishful thinking. Though controlled, Type 2 processing inhibits the bias when induced to play a role, it does not typically contribute to the bias, either antagonistically or complementarily, absent such an inducement. Far from being an occasional, effortful rationalization that thrives on evidential complexity and uncertain costs, the wishful thinking bias we engendered is a simple, biased, belief updating process that operates automatically and beneath our awareness.
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ERIKSSON, JENNY, and NATALIE KARLSSON. "Slow Fashion and how it is beeing communicated-the role of storytelling in engaging consumers in slow fashion." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Institutionen Textilhögskolan, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-18171.

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Background: The fashion industry today is one of constant and unceasing change. It is a segment of materialism, characterised by fast-paced and outsourced production, cost pressed profit structures, and never ending designs and trends. This framework together with modern day marketing communications that unremittingly stimulate new consumer wants have created a landscape of overconsumption. As a reaction to this hysteria of consumerism is the emergence of a relatively new notion, slow fashion. This ideology places emphasis on decelerating both production and consumption cycles through more conscious purchasing patterns. Previous studies confirm that although consumers are accepting of the slow fashion mind-set, their interest does not necessarily equate to engagement in terms of conscious consumption. Consequently, companies today are seeking alternative modes of communication such as storytelling. Purpose: The objective of this paper is; thus, to investigate how slow fashion is being communicated through storytelling, in better understanding how to engage consumers in more conscious and responsible fashion consumption. Method: The study uses a qualitative method of research with a deductive approach. The research design entails multiple case studies of semi-structured interviews conducted among four slow fashion companies in Sweden. Theoretical data has been collected primarily through peer reviewed literature and other written works in electronic form. The theoretical starting point of the paper begins with concepts such as slow fashion as an ideology and its values, goals and objectives. Thereafter, storytelling, engagement and meaning are each theoretically explained and empirically investigated. Conclusion: The study reveals that slow fashion retailers are using storytelling but to varying degrees in communicating the slow fashion ideology. There is a focus on engaging consumers through education, interaction and activating several human senses. It can be seen that consumers are engaged and interested in the slow fashion mind-set; however, it cannot be confirmed that they are actually behaving or acting as slow fashionists.
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Botic, Heidi, and Kuntola Choudhury. "Fast Fashion : To explore Generation Y's attitude toward fast fashion; a Swedish consumer perspective." Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Företagsekonomi, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-43898.

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Background: Fast fashion is a rather new business strategy and is defined to be affordable and fashionable apparel that is directly copied from catwalks. The concept was initially introduced by Amancio Ortega’s well-known store, called Zara which mostly targets Generation Y consumers. Due to globalization and progress in technology it makes it possible for retailers to use cheap resources and cheap manufacturing from third-world countries which makes this strategy profitable. In these third world countries the working conditions and wages are poor, and the workers are exposed to toxic chemicals used in the fabrics. These toxic chemicals also affect the environment negatively by polluting the oceans and the earth. It also contributes to the overconsumption due to the rapid change in trends and their short life cycle. Purpose: The purpose is to understand how Swedish Generation Y consumers behave towards fast fashion and their attitudes toward this. Method: This study has used a qualitative approach, so the data was gathered through 12 interviews. All the participants were of Generation Y, age 17-37. The interviews were semi-structured with open-ended questions. A method of purposive sampling was used meaning that the participants were chosen by the judgement of the authors. Furthermore, the thesis is a case study where the case is the fast fashion industry. Findings: The results show that there is an existing link between attitudes and behaviour where several factors affect this. For this particular generation, style and price were two important factors linked to behaviour. Social media and other social surroundings, such as family and friends, also affect their consumption pattern. The findings also show that Generation Y view sustainability as something important, however regarding fast fashion something else is indicated.

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Johansson, Sara, and Michaela Eriksson. "Mattrender : Slow food vs Fast food." Thesis, Örebro universitet, Restaurang- och hotellhögskolan, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-33323.

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Uppsatsen är grundad på två aktuella mattrender. Den första är Slow Food som grundades av Carlo Petrini i strävan efter att alla råvaror skall framställas på ett sätt som inte skadar naturen, djurens välmående samt människans egen hälsa. Den andra är Fast Food, en bransch som istället handlar om den världsliga ekonomin där man vill producera olika produkter snabbare och billigare. Syftet med denna studie är att ge läsaren en inblick i Slow Food rörelsen kontra Fast Food branschen och ställa dem mot varandra ur ett miljöperspektiv. Uppsatsen är en litteraturbaserad studie där fyra artiklar utgör grunden för resultatet. Artiklarna visar de två trenderna på ett mer djupgående sätt genom positiva samt negativa aspekter utifrån ett miljöperspektiv. Massproduktionen av matvaror är något som idag tar över världen allt mer. Varor som odlas lokalt och på ett sätt som inte skadar djur och natur är något som Slow Food rörelsen försöker få in bland hemmen. Baksidan av Slow Food är att det inte finns ekonomiska resurser för att kunna föda världens befolkning på detta sätt. Fast Food är något som idag anses vara det bestående sättet att i framtiden odla och framställa mat, fast det på lång sikt kommer att förstöra vår miljö genom odlingstekniker och transporter.
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Walton, Piers Benedict. "Exponential asymptotics in slow-fast systems." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.620628.

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Håkansson, Elvira. "Valuable aspects of Slow Fashion : A consumer perspective." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för marknadsföring (MF), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-96877.

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Background: The slow fashion industry arose as a contraposition to the unsustainable ways of fast fashion, and emphasizes attentive consumption and production. It is characterized by four characteristics - transparency, quality, localism and exclusivity – each described with valuable traits in previous studies. However, current marketing efforts of slow fashion are focused only on two transparency aspects; sustainability and ethics, although previous studies show that these have no influence on consumers consumption choices. Therefore, this study aims to explore which aspects within these four characteristics that are perceived as valuable by consumers, so that a value package model for the consumer perceived valuable aspects of slow fashion can be developed. Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to develop a new value package model that presents the consumer perceived valuable aspects of slow fashion. Methodology: This exploratory qualitative study was conducted through nine semi-structured interviews with Swedish fashion consumers between the age of 18-26. The participants were selected through convenience sampling, and the interviews resulted in 91 pages of collected data. The data was then analyzed with the help of thematic coding. The findings derived from the study was then used to develop a new value package model; presenting the consumer perceived valuable aspects of slow fashion. Findings: There were six consumer perceived value aspects of slow fashion. These were, in order of highest influence to lowest; classical style, product personality, durability, limited production, security and knowledge. Conclusion: This study contributes with the theoretical implication of a new proposed value package model that displays the customer perceived value aspects of slow fashion. In addition, it provides managerial implications that may help marketers and companies to streamline their marketing efforts of slow fashion.

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Cataldi, Carlotta, Maureen Dickson, and Crystal Grover. "Slow Fashion : Tailoring a Strategic Approach towards Sustainability." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Sektionen för ingenjörsvetenskap, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-5405.

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This research explores one avenue for achieving sustainability within the fashion industry; which as it exists today is unsustainable. The Slow Fashion movement has an existing foundation in the larger fashion industry and is already making strides towards sustainability. The authors used this opportunity to examine a strategic approach, as its current approach is ad hoc. First, the authors assessed the Slow Fashion movement using the 5 level Framework for Strategic Sustainable Development. To analyze the Slow Fashion movement further, the concept of Leverage Points was used to provide a focused lens to assist the author’s in navigating through the fashion industry’s complex system. Findings were synthesized into thirty strategic recommendations that target various players in the Slow Fashion movement. Three key recommendations will provide the most leverage in strengthening the Slow Fashion movement: 1) Co-create Slow Fashion Principles to represent the values of the movement and a shared definition of sustainability 2) Establish an overarching global network and local chapters for the Slow Fashion movement 3) Harmonize global garment and textile labelling initiatives under a Slow Fashion label.

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YINYIN, WANG. "Consumer Behavior Characteristics in Fast Fashion." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Institutionen Textilhögskolan, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-20322.

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Currently there is a lack of research in fast fashion consumer behaviors both in academicand marketing aspects. This research addresses the fast fashion consumer behaviorcharacteristics, and analyzes the how general consumer behavior theories apply to fastfashion consumer behavior, and what the underlying causes that form the behaviors. Theanalyses are based on combination and comparison of conventional consumer behaviortheories, empirical basis that is found from questionnaires conducted in Sweden, and brandsstudies on H&M, Ginatricot and Zara. The main results from the analyses are respectivelyobtained in 3 main terms: Decision making process and involvement, Individual differences,and Group influences. The three aspects try to cover the main topics according to generalconsumer behavior theories. And the outcome is further developed into marketingimplication, also offering ideas for further research.
Program: Magisterutbildning i fashion management med inriktning modemarknadsföring

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Johansson, Sara, and Sara Dahlström. "Påverkar CSR konsumtion av fast fashion?" Thesis, Karlstads universitet, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-78445.

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During recent years, a clear change in attitude related to how we view our shared responsibility towards our planet has been identified. Increased consumer involvement related to both environmental and social issues is forcing companies to take extended responsibility regarding the social impact they leave behind. This responsibility is defined as CSR and includes a company's environmental, social, and financial responsibilities. The fast fashion industry is often associated with environmental and social infringements, such as large carbon dioxide emissions or unethical working conditions, which are often debated in media. Previous research identifies a positive attitude by consumers towards CSR when purchasing clothes, but further studies indicate that CSR is not as important for consumers when compared to other product attributes, such as trends or quality. Keeping the identified attitude change in recent years related to increased social responsibility in mind, the purpose of the study is to create a greater understanding in which way these trends affect consumption of fast fashion. A quantitative method has been chosen and based on previous theory, appropriate variables have been selected to fulfil the purpose of the study. The collection of data was conducted through an online based survey where the sample consisted of 221 respondents between 18–77 years. Data were analysed in SPSS using a multiple linear regression analysis and in addition, several variance analysis (ANOVA). Findings in analysis indicates that CSR does not affect consumption of fast fashion after all. However, interesting differences in attitudes towards CSR between groups of samples could be identified. For example, the older respondents believed that CSR is more important than the younger ones did and when gender differences were analysed, it was identified that women had a more positive attitude towards CSR than the men had. Interesting findings were also found regarding the variable price, which in previous studies is pointed out to be the primary influencing factor when consumers buy clothes. Our study reveals that price do not influence consumption of fast fashion. The conclusion of our findings indicates that no noticeable change in attitude has occurred related to increased social responsibility by consumers who purchase fast fashion. This since there are still other attributes that the consumer evaluates as more important, such as trends or quality.

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Twomey, Katherine Elizabeth. "An investigation of fast and slow mapping." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2013. http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/45963/.

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Children learn words astonishingly skilfully. Even infants can reliably “fast map” novel category labels to their referents without feedback or supervision (Carey & Bartlett, 1978; Houston-Price, Plunkett, & Harris, 2005). Using both empirical and neural network modelling methods this thesis presents an examination of both the fast and slow mapping phases of children's early word learning in the context of object and action categorisation. A series of empirical experiments investigates the relationship between within-category perceptual variability on two-year-old children's ability to learn labels for novel categories of objects and actions. Results demonstrate that variability profoundly affects both noun and verb learning. A review paper situates empirical word learning research in the context of recent advances in the application of computational models to developmental research. Data from the noun experiments are then simulated using a Dynamic Neural Field (DNF) model (see Spencer & Schöner, 2009), suggesting that children's early object categories can emerge dynamically from simple label-referent associations strengthened over time. Novel predictions generated by the model are replicated empirically, providing proofof- concept for the use of DNF models in simulations of word learning, as well emphasising the strong featural basis of early categorisation. The noun data are further explored using a connectionist architecture (Morse, de Greef, Belpaeme & Cangelosi, 2010) in a robotic system, providing the groundwork for future research in cognitive robotics. The implications of these different approaches to cognitive modelling are discussed, situating the current work firmly in the dynamic systems tradition whilst emphasising the value of interdisciplinary research in motivating novel research paradigms.

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Wallin, Seatbyoel, and Elvira Rusid. "Fast fashion kontra hållbar konsumtion : En studie om konsumenters attityder kring ekologiska produkter i fast fashion företag." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-294.

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Klädindustrin har förändrats betydligt de senaste 30 åren. Detta har lett till nya affärsmodeller som bygger på trendigt, billigt och snabbt mode. Dessa affärskoncept benämns fast fashion och i Sverige finns kedjeföretagen H & M, Lindex och Gina Tricot för att nämna några. Konceptet uppmanar konsumenter till att ständigt konsumera kläder som därmed stimulerar konsumenternas behov av att bära det senaste modet till ett rimligt pris. Detta beteende får i längden konsekvenser för miljön vilket leder till att media och samhällsaktörer ifrågasätter dessa affärsmodeller. Kedjeföretagen förhåller sig till detta genom att ta in ekologiska produkter i sortimentet som en del av deras hållbarhetsarbete. Den stora frågan är då hur konsumenterna uppfattar detta eftersom de handlar hos kedjeföretagen, för att tillfredsställa behovet av att bära något nytt och trendigt till ett bra pris. Syftet med studien är att undersöka hur konsumenter uppfattar det ekologiska sortimentet hos fast fashion företag, med tanke på att begreppet, i praktiken såväl som i tanken, strider mot ett hållbarhetsperspektiv. Detta undersöks via en kvantitativ metod i form av en enkätundersökning som sedan fördjupas i en kvalitativ metod, genom en aktiv deltagande observation. Därmed undersöks konsumenternas attityder till ekologiska produkter i fast fashion företagen. Enkätundersökningen syftar även till att besvara hur konsumenterna förhåller sig till ekologiska produkter i fråga om pris, design och kvalité. Dessutom användes en passiv observation, för att se hur ett fast fashion företag kommunicerar det ekologiska sortimentet i butik. Den slutsats som framkom var att konsumenterna hos fast fashion företag prioriterade andra faktorer före ekologiskt framställda kläder samtidigt som fast fashion företaget som undersökts i studien inte alls kommunicerar de ekologiska kläderna. Detta kan därmed tolkas som ett imageproblem ut mot kund. I och med att företagen arbetar med ett hållbarhetsperspektiv som dock kommunicerades ytterst lite.
Apparel industry has changed significantly during the last 30 years. This has led to new business models based on trendy, cheap and fast fashion. H & M, Lindex and Gina Tricot are some Swedish supply chain retailers with a fast fashion concept. The concept encourages consumers to constantly consume clothing and stimulates the need of consumers to wear the latest fashion at a reasonable price. This behaviour has a long-term impact on the environment, which has led to companies wanting to be more responsible. The companies need to take more responsibility to avoid media and stakeholders from questioning their business models. Retail chain companies have started to produce organic products to meet their expectations. The big question is how the consumers perceive this, considering that the customers want to satisfy their needs to wear something new, trendy and cheap. The purpose of this thesis is to examine how consumers perceive organic products in fast fashion companies, given that the concept, in practice as well as in thought, is contrary to a sustainability perspective. This was examined through a quantitative method in the form of a survey and for an in-depth examination through a participant observation, to study consumer attitudes to sustainable products in the fast fashion companies. It also had examined how a fast fashion company communicates their organic products in their store through a passive observation. The conclusion that emerged was that fast fashion consumers prioritize other factors like price, design and quality over sustainability when they shop. This study indicates that the fast fashion company does not communicate their organic products actively to their customers. This can be interpreted as a defensive marketing to avoid problems with their image out to the customers. Since companies are working with a sustainability perspective but does not communicate this to the customers.

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Malm, Hanna, and Anna Olausson. "Grön Fast Fashion? : En kvalitativ studie om hur millenniegenerationen uppfattar fast fashion-industrins omställning mot hållbara varumärken." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-185149.

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Kunder har blivit allt mer miljövänliga, vilket påverkar handeln. Fast fashion företag har tidigare enbart fokuserat på att tillfredsställa kunder med kläder som följer korta trender och har ett lågt pris. I takt med att kundernas kunskap har ökat kring hållbarhet, ställer kunderna också högre krav på fast fashion företag. Detta har lett till att ett ökat antal fast fashion företag inkorporerar hållbarhet i sitt varumärke. Fast fashion företagen står nu inför en utmaning. Företagen ska få kunderna till att uppmärksamma, och övertygas av den hållbara förändringen som varumärket genomgått. Studien riktar sig till millenniegenerationen eftersom de är en viktig målgrupp för fast fashion företagen. Vidare fokuserar studien på kvinnor, eftersom modeföretag traditionellt riktar sig mest till kvinnor. Tidigare forskning menar att det finns ett behov av att undersöka hållbara varumärken samt relationen mellan hållbara beteenden, attityder och värderingar inom området för förändring mot hållbarhet inom klädindustrin. På bakgrund av detta har ett forskningsgap identifierats. Gapet innefattar kundernas upplevelse kopplat till varumärken, bland de företag som väljer att frångå sitt etablerade varumärke, mot ett mer hållbart varumärke. Forskningsgapet utmynnar i studiens forskningsfråga “Hur uppfattar kvinnor inom millenniegenerationen att fast fashion företag inom den svenska klädindustrin har rebrandat sig mot miljömässig hållbarhet?” För att svara på studiens forskningsfråga har sju stycken kvalitativa intervjuer genomförts. Studiens resultat visar att kvinnor inom millenniegenerationen har kunskap och intresse för miljön. Kunskapen och intresset är en bidragande faktor kring hur de upplever varumärken, och varumärkenas förändring mot hållbarhet. Målgruppen och samhällets medvetenhet om hållbarhet har genererat en bidragande faktor till att fast fashion-företag väljer att rebranda varumärket mot hållbarhet. Studiens slutsats påvisar att kvinnor inom millenniegenerationen har låg tilltro till att fast fashion-företagen som rebrantat varumärket mot hållbarhet, utför vad företagen utlovat i praktiken. För att kvinnor inom millenniegenerationen ska kunna känna tillit till ett rebrandat fast fashion-varumärke krävs det transparens från varumärket. Vidare har kvinnor inom millenniegenerationen större tilltro till lokala företags rebranding mot hållbarhet, i jämförelse med globala företags rebranding. Det är svårare för målgruppen att förstå en förändrad positioneringen hos globala varumärken, när företag verkar på flera marknader samtidigt. Vidare tycker kvinnor inom millenniegenerationen att de globala företagen borde ta ett större ansvar för hållbarhet. Slutligen prioriterar kvinnor inom millenniegenerationen förändringar som innebär att deras plagg får högre kvalitet och längre hållbarhet, över rebranding som fokuserar på återvinning och återanvändning.

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Walter, Jessika. "Averaging for diffusive fast-slow systems with metastability in the fast variable." [S.l.] : [s.n.], 2005. http://www.diss.fu-berlin.de/2006/628/index.html.

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Zellweger, Tobias. "The Dark Side of Fast Fashion - : In Search of Consumers’ Rationale Behind the Continued Consumption of Fast Fashion." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-145014.

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This study investigates the underlying rationale of environmentally and socially conscious young Swedish consumers for their continued consumption of fast fashion. Furthermore this study assesses influential factors that shape young Swedish consumers’ attitudes and beliefs towards fast fashion. The fast fashion business model is largely based on the exploitation of poor working conditions and lack of environmental protection laws in the production countries. However, consumers are becoming increasingly aware of this dark side of fast fashion and the retailers are addressing their concerns with selective organic clothing collections. In order to gain in debt understanding of young Swedish consumers rationalizations, I applied an inductive research approach based on the philosophy of interpretive social science. More specifically I conducted semi-structured interviews with 12 Swedish participants between the ages of 18 and 25. The findings of this study show that the participants prioritize price, quality and how the clothes look over where they have been produced and under what circumstances. Furthermore, the interviewees indicate a high dependency on the Swedish government to punish misconducts of fast fashion retailers. Greenwashing, the Swedish school system as well as a green trend in contemporary Swedish society seem to shape young consumers attitudes and beliefs towards fast fashion. Future research could investigate how the Swedish government and the Swedish school system can take a more pro-active role in educating their citizens and students about the actual negative impacts caused by the overconsumption of fast and disposable fashion towards society and environment.

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CONTINO, JOANA MARTINS. "FAST FASHION: NOTES ABOUT THE TRANSFORMATIONS IN FASHION IN CONDITION OF POSTMODERNITY." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2015. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=25683@1.

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PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO
COORDENAÇÃO DE APERFEIÇOAMENTO DO PESSOAL DE ENSINO SUPERIOR
PROGRAMA DE SUPORTE À PÓS-GRADUAÇÃO DE INSTS. DE ENSINO
Este trabalho trata das recentes transformações ocorridas na indústria da moda através da investigação das estratégias utilizadas pelas empresas para implementação do sistema fast fashion. Fenômeno em expansão na indústria do vestuário, o fast fashion tem como principal traço a aceleração da produção através da multiplicação da quantidade de coleções, e seu objetivo é estimular o aumento da velocidade do consumo de modo a escoar a produção crescente, garantindo assim a lucratividade das empresas. As alterações de cunho produtivo e estratégico desencadeadas pela implementação do sistema respondem a mudanças na configuração do modo de produção capitalista. Com base na crítica da economia política marxiana, buscamos compreender o fenômeno fast fashion relacionando-o às características-chave do capitalismo tardio, atual momento do desenvolvimento do modo de produção. O capitalismo tardio se expressa culturalmente no que David Harvey (2007) chamou de condição pós-moderna e tem a acumulação flexível como padrão de acumulação. Partindo da hipótese central segundo a qual o surgimento e expansão do sistema se dá a partir de demandas postas na esfera da produção e não do consumo, consideramos o fast fashion a apresentação da moda na condição pós-moderna. Buscamos definir de que maneira mudanças no processo produtivo para aceleração do giro de capital, a precarização do trabalho, a desterritorialização da produção e a tendência à concentração e centralização do capital – traços marcantes do capitalismo tardio – se apresentam no fast fashion. Além disso, através da análise de uma importante estratégia utilizada por grandes redes varejistas de roupas, as coleções assinadas, procuramos investigar a produção do valor simbólico do produto de moda.
This research points out the recent transformations in the fashion industry through the analyses of the strategies used by companies to implement the fast fashion system. Growing phenomenon in the clothing industry, fast fashion has as its main feature the acceleration of production by multiplying the amount of collections. Its purpose is to stimulate the speed of consumption in order to dispose the rising production, thus ensuring profitability of companies. The changes in production and strategies triggered by the implementation of the system respond to changes in the configuration of the capitalist mode of production. Based on the Marxian critique of political economy, we seek to understand the fast fashion phenomenon relating it to key features of late capitalism, the current moment of development of the mode of production. Late capitalism is culturally expressed in what David Harvey (2007) called condition of postmodernity and has the flexible accumulation as accumulation pattern. Starting from the central hypothesis that the emergence and expansion of the system result from demands imposed in the sphere of production and not of consumption, we consider fast fashion the fashion presentation in the condition of postmodernity. We seek to define how changes in the production process to accelerate of capital turnover, precarious employment, the deterritorialization of production and the trend towards concentration and centralization of capital - striking features of late capitalism - perform at fast fashion. In addition, through the analysis of an important strategy used by large clothing retailers, the signed collections, we investigate the production of the symbolic value of fashion product.

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Minzer, Brandon. "Fast and Slow Recovery Following Acute Ischemic Stroke." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/315904.

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A Thesis submitted to The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Medicine.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the variability in early recovery after hemiparetic stroke. BACKGROUND: Prior work suggests that most hemiparetic patients recover approximately 70% of their initial impairment by 3-months, but the speed of the recovery is unknown. METHODS: We assessed 30 patients with first-ever hemiparetic stroke using the Fugl-Meyer upper extremity score (max score=66) at 24-72 hours (FMInit), 1-week (FM1wk), and 3-months (FM3mo). Patients who did not demonstrate proportional recovery (0.70 x initial impairment) were excluded from analysis. The distribution of recovery at 7-days among the proportional recoverers was characterized and contrasted with recovery at 90-days using the Shapiro-Wilk test for normality and Sarle’s binomial coefficient. Cluster analysis was then used to assess the distribution of recovery rates at 7-days. Tests of differences and association were performed to assess if the early recovery-rate groups differed significantly in clinical and demographic characteristics. RESULTS: Twenty-six of the 30 initial patients were identified as proportional recovers, the other 4 were non-recoverers at 90-days. Among the proportional recoverers, there was a bimodal distribution of recovery at 7-days. Cluster analysis identified patients who achieved virtually all of their total recovery at 7-days (n=13, percent recovery=0.89±0.19; 95%CI:0.79-1.00) and patients who achieved virtually none their total recovery at 7-days (n=13, percent recovery=-0.23±0.77, 95%CI:-0.65-0.19), but went on to achieve the expected recovery at 90 days. Initial stroke severity was the only characteristic that showed a statistically significant correlation with early recovery group membership. SIGNIFICANCE: Patients who demonstrate proportional recovery over the first 3-months fall into 2 distinct early recovery groups, either achieving approximately 90% of their total recovery by 1-week or making little or no recovery early, and only later achieving their total expected recovery. Implications for treatment planning are profound.

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Desroches, Mathieu. "Numerical continuation methos for slow-fast dynamical systems." Thesis, University of Bristol, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.500405.

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Malmberg, Cecilia, and Arbenita Dautaj. "Att konstruera hållbarhet : Kommunikation inom fast fashion." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-561.

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Hållbarhet är ett begrepp som har skiftande innebörd, både inom vetenskap och populärvetenskap. Forskning kring hållbarhet har ett särskilt fokus på kartläggning av orsakssamband och enbart ett fåtal studier fokuserar på att kartlägga och utforska hur begreppet hållbarhet konstrueras genom företags kommunikation. Inom redovisning efterfrågas ofta ett mer principbaserat och konceptuellt angreppssätt, och då detta enligt vår litteraturöversikt ges begränsat utrymme inom forskning kring hållbarhet, finns det möjligheter till att bidra med förståelse på området. Syftet med denna studie är att utforska hur begreppet hållbarhet kommuniceras och därmed konstrueras av företag med affärskonceptet fast fashion. Det finns en distinktion mellan handling och kommunikation och den här studien behandlar enbart kommunikationsaspekten. Vi har genomfört en kvalitativ innehållsanalys av hållbarhetsredovisningar för företag med affärskonceptet fast fashion. Studien har en tvärsnittsdesign med ett teoretiskt urval och top of mind-associationer. Totalt inkluderades tre företag i studien och deras respektive hållbarhetsredovisningar för rapporteringsåret 2013. I analysen har vi arbetat utifrån en abduktiv ansats inspirerat av ett foucauldianskt perspektiv. Den teoretiska modellen utvecklades med hjälp av tidigare litteratur om hållbarhetsdefinitioner och användes som en utgångspunkt för att kategorisera de textavsnitt som identifierades i respektive analys. Vår utforskning av företagens kommunikation av hållbarhet leder till slutsatsen att begreppet snarare konstrueras som produktiv aktivitet än handlingsklokhet i och med företagens tydliga fokus på stegvis anpassning och efterlevnad av såväl koder som specifika regler. Weak sustainability är mer framträdande än strong sustainability i företagens hållbarhetsrapportering, men det finns även en glidande skala mellan dessa. Till skillnad från övriga studier kring konstruktion av hållbarhetsbegreppet riktar denna studie in sig på företag med ett visst koncept (i.e. fast fashion) i utforskningen av hur hållbarhetsbegreppet kommuniceras och konstrueras. Studiens bidrag är utvecklandet av den teoretiska modellen i form av en glidande skala samt ökad konceptuell förståelse för konstruktion av hållbarhet. Vi argumenterar således för en glidande skala mellan de teoretiskt definierade hållbarhetskategorierna, medan andra studier enbart presenterar sina resultat enligt dikotomier.
Considering both science and popular science, sustainability is a concept of diverse meanings. Scientific research concerning sustainability has a particular focus on plotting causal links. Only a few studies focus on plotting and exploring the concept of sustainability as it is being conveyed by businesses via communication in corporate sustainability reports. Within the accounting field, there is a common demand for a principles-based and conceptual approach. Thus, while our literature review shows scientific research on sustainability has given limited attention to this approach, there are vast opportunities to contribute to this field by enhancing the comprehension of this issue. Consequently, the aim of this study is to explore the way in which the concept of sustainability is communicated and hence constructed by fast fashion businesses. As there is a distinction between practice and communication, this study merely focuses on the communication aspect.We have conducted a qualitative content analysis based on corporate sustainability reports issued by fast fashion corporations. The study applies a cross-sectional design and a theoretical sampling technique coupled with top-of-mind associations. In total, three corporations were included in this study, resulting in a sample of three corporate sustainability reports from the reporting year of 2013. During the analysis, an abductive approach inspired by a foucauldian perspective was applied. The theoretical model was elaborated on the basis of previous research and academic literature on the definition of sustainability and it served as an initial structure for categorization of the empirical observations.Our findings indicate that companies portray a clear focus on gradual adjustment and conformity to various codes as well as regulations, which leads to the conclusion that companies included in this study construct sustainability in terms of skills rather than wisdom. Furthermore, our findings point to the conclusion that elements of weak sustainability are more prominent than elements of strong sustainability in corporate sustainability reports. However, a notable finding is the existence of a sliding scale between these paradigms. As opposed to other studies regarding the construction of sustainability, this study focuses on a certain business concept (i.e. fast fashion) exploring the communication and construction of the concept sustainability. The contribution of our study is an evolution of the model in terms of a sliding scale and increased conceptual understanding of the term sustainability. We argue a sliding scale between weak and strong sustainability should be taken into account, while previous studies have presented their findings solely as dichotomies.This paper is written in Swedish.

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WIMBY, FANNY, and EMMA WALLIN. "Fast Fashion : Företagens miljöarbete ur kundens perspektiv." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Institutionen Textilhögskolan, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-17371.

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I samma takt som produktionen av kläder tilltar, ökar även medvetenheten kring dess miljöpåverkan. Många företag arbetar efter avtal, märkningar och uppförandekoder för att på så vis reducera påverkan, dock kan det vara svårt för konsumenterna att veta vad de faktiskt står för och betyder. Syftet med den här uppsatsen är att undersöka hur kunden ser på fast fashion-företagets miljöarbete, hur företaget själva ser på det, samt om kundens uppfattning går att förändra. Undersökningen är avgränsad till att undersöka företaget Gina Tricot som ett exempel på företeelsen fast fashion- företag. För att kunna analysera informationen används kommunikationsmodellen, där sändaren skickar ett meddelande genom bruset till mottagaren, för att senare få tillbaka feedback från mottagagaren. Den emiriska delen av arbetet består av en intervju, en enkätundersökning samt två dolda observationer. Intervjun genomfördes via mejl med Gina Tricots Hållbarhetschef Marcus Bergman. Enkätundersökningen består av ett flertal frågor kring Gina Tricots miljöarbete samt en informationstext om det här. Den dolda observationen genomfördes i två geografiskt olika butiker, där vi undersökte hur företagets miljöarbete kommuniceras i butiken. Av den insamlade informationen kan man se att kundens och företagets uppfattning om hur de arbetar med miljö skiljer sig åt. Skillnaderna kan bero på olika saker, men främst på brist i företagets kommunikation med sina kunder.
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Bergström, Linnéa, and Anderas Weinås. "Fast Fashion-konsumentens attityd till hållbart mode." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Institutionen Textilhögskolan, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-17432.

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Ekologiskt, närodlat, kravmärkt och återvinningsbart – kärt barn har många namn och aldrig förr har vi konsumenter varit så medvetna om just den miljömässiga och hälsomässiga aspekten som vi är idag. Man kan verkligen kalla det en ny trend. Sida vid sida om miljötrenden verkar vårt nya sätt att se på mode och hur vi konsumerar det. Den nya eran av ”nyheter varje vecka” och ”prisvärt mode” har även det blivit en ny trend som bidragit till att våra stora fast fashion-företag fullkomligt sprutar ut nya prisvärda tolkningar av det senaste modet och trenderna. Låg kvalitet i plaggen som inte förväntas hålla mer än vid ett par användningsområden för att sedan hamnar i våra hushållsopor har gjort hela industrin till en ohållbar och tickande bomb. Hur väl informerad är fast fashion-konsumenten om deras påverkan och reflekterar dem över sitt köpbeteende? Vem bär ansvaret? Denna problemformulering ligger till grund för denna studie och vi har genom kvalitativ forskning belyst den ohållbara situation som textila avfall bidrar till samt kartlagt attityden hos fast fashion-konsumenten genom två fokusgrupper. Urvalet i fokusgrupperna bestod av unga kvinnor från ålder 16-26 år där fokus i intervjuerna var deras attityd, hur välinformerade dem är, hur långt är de själva villiga att gå för miljön samt vem de anser bär det tyngsta ansvaret i frågan.
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Olenmark, Camilla, Louise Westford, and Alva Lantz. "Fast fashion tvättar kläder gröna : en kvalitativ studie kring förekomsten av Greenwashing i hållbarhetsrapportering hos svenska fast fashion-företag." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-21987.

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Bakgrund och problem: Fenomenet fast fashion erbjuder inte minst mode med låg prisbild för den stora massan samt nyheter varje vecka, utan bidrar även till massproduktion och masskonsumtion. Miljömässig skada sker under alla steg av en mode- och textil försörjningskedja, där expansionen av både produktion och konsumtion bidrar till ökad miljöpåverkan. I linje med den miljömässiga problematiken går det även att ifrågasätta det sociala ansvaret i form av billig produktion i utvecklingsländer. Hållbarhetsarbetet hos företag grundas alltsomoftast i en CSR-strategi med utgångspunkt i Triple Bottom Line där sociala-, ekonomiska- och miljömässiga aspekter agerar som grundpelare. Dubbla budskap uppstår när ett fast fashion-företag påstår sig vara ett hållbart företag eller arbeta med hållbarhetsfrågor när de samtidigt bidrar och uppmanar konsumenter till att konsumera mer. I och med den rådande “klimat-eran” har CSR i många fall omvandlats till ett marknadsföringsverktyg som syftar till att förbättra företagets varumärkesbild istället för att användas till dess faktiska syfte. Grön marknadsföring används för att differentiera sig på marknaden, och då “grönt” säljer, skapas utrymme för företagen att så kallat “tvätta sina produkter gröna”, även kallat greenwashing. Syfte: Studiens syfte är att jämföra hållbarhetsrapportering och hållbarhetsarbete hos fyra svenska fast fashion-företag, samt undersöka i vilken utsträckning eventuell greenwashing kan förekomma i samband med CSR-arbetet. Avsikten är att öka förståelsen för fast fashion som princip i relation till hållbarhetsarbetet samt bidra med ett nytänkande perspektiv och uppmana till ett mer kritiskt förhållningssätt gällande hållbarhetsarbete och klädkonsumtion. Metod: Studien bygger på en kvalitativ innehållsanalys där hållbarhetsrapporter har studerats hos fyra svenska fast fashion-företag rörande åren 2012, 2015 och 2018. Datainsamlingen har utgått ifrån teman och frågeställningar som har sin förankring i den teoretiska referensramen. Resultat och slutsats: Samtliga av de studerade företagen hållbarhetsrapporterar på olika vis och i olika utsträckning men innehållet är likartat. Samtidigt appliceras de tre grundpelarna i olika grad och tar olika stor plats i respektive företag. Utifrån studiens resultat kan det konstateras att greenwashing förekommer i hållbarhetsrapporteringen, däremot går det inte att säkerställa huruvida företagen i sin helhet kan klassas som greenwashing-företag. Vidare krävs det att fast fashion-företag har ett mer kritiskt förhållningssätt till hur affärsmodellen som sådan uppmanar till massproduktion, och vidare masskonsumtion, oavsett om klädesplagget är märkt med en grön etikett.
Background: The phenomena of fast fashion provides, not least, cheap fashion for everyone with news every week, but contributes to mass production as well as mass consumption. Every step of the fashion- and textile supply chain causes damage to the environment, where the expansion of both production and consumption contributes to increased impact on the environment. In accordance with environmental problems one can question the social responsibility in terms of cheap production in developing countries. The work of sustainability is oftentimes based on a CSR strategy with focus on the Triple Bottom Line, where social-, economical- and environmental aspects act as keystones. It occurs a double message when a fast fashion company claims to be a sustainable company or work with sustainability questions, when they at the same time contributes and urges consumers to consume even more. Due to the current “climate era”, CSR has in many cases turned into a marketing tool aimed to enhance the brand image of the company, instead of being used for its actual purpose. Green marketing is being used in order for the company to differentiate itself on the market, since “green” sells it creates an opportunity for companies to “wash their products green”, also known as greenwashing. Aim: The aim of the study is to compare the reporting and work of sustainability among four Swedish fast fashion companies, and investigate to what extent greenwashing may occur in connection with CSR. The intention is to increase the understanding for the principle of fast fashion in relation to sustainability as well as contribute with a critical rethinking perspective regarding the work of sustainability and consumption of fashion. Methodology: The study is based on a qualitative content analysis where sustainability reports from four Swedish fast fashion companies have been studied, regarding the years of 2012, 2015 and 2018. The data collection derives from themes and questions which are anchored from the theoretical framework. The following essay is written in Swedish. Findings and conclusion: All of the studied companies report their sustainability in different ways and extent but with similar content. The three keystones are at the same time applied in varied degrees and takes place in a varied extent among the companies. The result shows that greenwashing occurs in the reports, however it can’t be stated whether the companies can be classified as greenwashing-firms or not. Furthermore, fast fashion companies need to have a more critical approach towards the business model as such, which urges to mass production and mass consumption regardless if the garment is marked with a green label.

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Hansson, Maria. "What impact has a fast fashion strategy on fashion companies´ supply chain management?" Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Sektionen för ekonomi och teknik (SET), 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-16570.

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This study shows that the supply chain management of a company using the fast fashion strategy is where the company combines their traditional supply chain with the modern demand driven Quick Response and Agile supply chain. In theory so far fast fashion is described only in terms of demand driven supply chain management however according to this research the fast fashion strategy is shown to be applied by fashion companies characterized by a mix of the traditional and modern demand driven supply chain.

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Alekic, Anisa, and Alexandra Hjelte. "Fashion fades, style is eternal : En studie om fast fashion, trender & konsumentpåverkan." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för marknadsföring (MF), 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-34594.

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Syfte & forskningsfråga: Syftet med denna uppsats är att skapa en djupare förståelse för utvecklingen av dagens modemarknad och fenomenet “fast fashion” genom att analysera och undersöka trenders uppkomst, hur trender anammas av konsumenter samt konsumenters inverkan på modebranschen. Uppsatsens forskningsfråga formulerades med uppsatsens syfte i åtanke och frågan blev följande: Vad är karaktäristiskt för dagens modemarknad och vilken betydelse har konceptet “fast fashion” för marknadens utveckling? Metod: Vår uppsats är baserad på en kvalitativ forskningsmetod då vi önskade att få en djupare förståelse kring det valda forskningsämnet. Vidare kom uppsatsen att få en abduktiv karaktär då vi haft ett växelspel mellan vald teori och empiri. För att vidare få en bredare syn på forskningsområdet valde vi att variera oss i vårt urval av respondenter och intervjuade därför 7 respondenter med olika positioner inom modebranschen. Slutsatser: I uppsatsens analys har vi kunnat se ett mönster där vår valda teori i stor utsträckning stämmer överens med vår empiriska insamling. I vår studie framkom det även att trender är både komplexa och svåra att specificera samt att de både kan pågå under en kortare samt längre tid. Vidare visade det sig att konsumenter idag har en stor påverkan på modebranschen, där de mångt och mycket kan ses som trendsättare. Fast fashion är ett koncept som har bidragit till snabba trendväxlingar på marknaden och via vår studie framkom det att konsumenters syn på fast fashion har förändrats, och att de numera önskar ett lugnare tempo.

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Kerner, Ann-Christiin. "Slow Fashion Brand Customer Persona : The profile and buying insights of a slowfashion brand customer." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-14707.

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Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to expand knowledge of slow fashion brand customer by creating a persona that communicates the characteristics and aspects that influence purchase decisions of slow fashion consumers. Method: Since slow fashion consumer concept is still rather unexplored area, qualitative research strategy approach was chosen for this thesis, to get more deep data about the slow fashion consumer profile and buying insights. To address the research questions, single case study was used. The data was gathered through semi-structured interviews that were conducted with five female slow fashion consumers who had recently made a purchase from a Swedish slow fashion brand MASKA’s online store. To analyse the data, a coding approach was used. As a result of the coding process, themes that described the slow fashion consumer’s profile and buying insights emerged and were used later to create a narrative of the slow fashion buyer persona. Conclusion: In order to expand knowledge of slow fashion brand customer, a persona that communicates the characteristics and aspects that influence purchase decisions of slow fashion buyer was developed with this study. To answer the research questions and develop persona, five female slow fashion brand buyers were interviewed. Answering the research questions provided 8 different themes that emerged from the interview transcripts and made up slow fashion brandbuyer persona, which fulfilled the purpose. The emerged themes were describing who slow fashion brand buyer persona is: 1) creative mind; 2) globetrotter and explorer; 3) fond of nature, and themes that described what influences the slow fashion buyer: 4) consciousness; 5) quality over quantity; 6) shoppers of small boutiques; 7) trust; 8) esthetics. This study did not come to a firm conclusion, but rather aimed to provide more in-depth knowledge about slow fashion brand buyer and point out implications to further study the slow fashion consumer.

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Shchetinina, Ekaterina. "Integral manifolds for nonautonomous slow fast systems without dichotomy." Doctoral thesis, [S.l. : s.n.], 2004. http://deposit.ddb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?idn=972647600.

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Nurhussen, Filli. "Experimental studies on mouse slow and fast twitch muscles." Licentiate thesis, KTH, Mechanics, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-4267.

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This thesis deals with physiological and mechanical properties of fast and slow twitch mouse muscles. It discusses isometric, concentric and eccentric contractions of mouse extensor digitorum longus ('EDL') and soleus ('SOL') muscles. This project primarily investigated the behaviors of muscles, to give better understanding and improved descriptions for the human system, when subjected to impact or sustained high loading conditions.

Muscle force has been shown to be length and activation dependent. The effect of passive or active length changes on muscle force production was studied. Isometric activation showed a maximal force at optimum length for each individual muscle, to which all experiments were related. This optimum length was stimulation frequency dependent and maximum produced force shifted towards shorter length with increasing frequency.

Active shortening of maximally stimulated muscle was shown to produce reduced force, but also a reduced isometric force (force depression) following shortening, regardless of the shortening conditions and the method of muscle stimulation.

Steady state force depression (ΔF_stdep) was correlated with the instant force depression ΔF_idep, pre-activation time, t0-t1 and the work (WS), performed by the muscle during shortening. It was positively correlated with the ΔF_idep when the shortening magnitude was varied ('VSM'). But in varying the shortening velocity ('VST'), it was negatively correlated with the instant force depression.

In active stretch, force was analogously enhanced during stretch, and this effect remained after stretch. Steady state force enhancement (ΔF_stenh)following muscle stretch was correlated with the instant force enhancement,ΔF_ienh, pre-activation time, t0-t1 and the work (WL), done on the muscle during stretch. It was positively correlated with ΔF_ienh when the stretch magnitude was varied ('VLM'). But in varying the stretch velocity ('VLT'), ΔF_stenh was negatively correlated with ΔF_ienh.

Furthermore, the rise time constant, (Tr) of redeveloped isometric forces following the

shortening and the fall time constant, (Tf) of the relaxed isometric force following muscle stretch were calculated. In VSM, Tr and F_stdep were positively correlated with each other, while in VST, they were negatively correlated. Tf and F_stenhwere negatively correlated in both VLM and VLT.

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Su, Tan. "Accuracy of perturbation theory for slow-fast Hamiltonian systems." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2013. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/13334.

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There are many problems that lead to analysis of dynamical systems with phase variables of two types, slow and fast ones. Such systems are called slow-fast systems. The dynamics of such systems is usually described by means of different versions of perturbation theory. Many questions about accuracy of this description are still open. The difficulties are related to presence of resonances. The goal of the proposed thesis is to establish some estimates of the accuracy of the perturbation theory for slow-fast systems in the presence of resonances. We consider slow-fast Hamiltonian systems and study an accuracy of one of the methods of perturbation theory: the averaging method. In this thesis, we start with the case of slow-fast Hamiltonian systems with two degrees of freedom. One degree of freedom corresponds to fast variables, and the other degree of freedom corresponds to slow variables. Action variable of fast sub-system is an adiabatic invariant of the problem. Let this adiabatic invariant have limiting values along trajectories as time tends to plus and minus infinity. The difference of these two limits for a trajectory is known to be exponentially small in analytic systems. We obtain an exponent in this estimate. To this end, by means of iso-energetic reduction and canonical transformations in complexified phase space, we reduce the problem to the case of one and a half degrees of freedom, where the exponent is known. We then consider a quasi-linear Hamiltonian system with one and a half degrees of freedom. The Hamiltonian of this system differs by a small, ~ε, perturbing term from the Hamiltonian of a linear oscillatory system. We consider passage through a resonance: the frequency of the latter system slowly changes with time and passes through 0. The speed of this passage is of order of ε. We provide asymptotic formulas that describe effects of passage through a resonance with an improved accuracy O(ε3/2). A numerical verification is also provided. The problem under consideration is a model problem that describes passage through an isolated resonance in multi-frequency quasi-linear Hamiltonian systems. We also discuss a resonant phenomenon of scattering on resonances associated with discretisation arising in a numerical solving of systems with one rotating phase. Numerical integration of ODEs by standard numerical methods reduces continuous time problems to discrete time problems. For arbitrarily small time step of a numerical method, discrete time problems have intrinsic properties that are absent in continuous time problems. As a result, numerical solution of an ODE may demonstrate dynamical phenomena that are absent in the original ODE. We show that numerical integration of systems with one fast rotating phase leads to a situation of such kind: numerical solution demonstrates phenomenon of scattering on resonances, that is absent in the original system.

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Holland, Tessa. "Navigating slow, 'fast' and crafted knowledges : knowing through Cittaslow." Thesis, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10443/4006.

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This thesis argues that a conceptualisation of Slow, ‘fast’ and crafted knowledges provides a new way to think about contextual conflicts of understanding in everyday life. The project was developed with the UK branch of the international network of Slow towns, Cittaslow. It involved working on in-depth qualitative case studies with support from collaborative partners and alongside diverse stakeholders and residents of member towns. Cittaslow represents an attempt to make new accommodation with a changing world, using a vision that incorporates the benefits of modernity while simultaneously valuing the traditional life-skills and human-scale quotidian needs of town residents. Arising from an original proposal which emphasised method, the project evolved to draw in the philosophy of the Slow Movement, re-imagining Slow as an analytical and methodological approach that can be used to critique power relations produced by the dominance of ‘fast’ narratives. The thesis develops a theorisation of Slow and ‘fast’, and interprets knowledges in the light of these understandings. Findings from fieldwork are discussed to shed light on the idea of ‘conflicts of knowing’: where different ways of understanding the world are afforded various degrees of credibility, impacting their potential for agency. The research revealed that some knowledge systems come to dominate and delegitimise others at the expense of local identities and livelihoods – with the potential to also impact environmental and economic factors. The discussion reframes previous analyses of Cittaslow and introduces a craft perspective as an aspect of Slow. This allows an exploration of acts of ‘making’: how research is made; how the field is made; how local knowledges are made; and how Slow identities are made – or sought to be made. It proposes the geographical analogy of navigating (as with a compass) as an alternative to applying a template (as if reading from a map), and suggests these concepts allow new understandings to emerge. Slow, ‘fast’ and crafted knowledges are analytical and conceptual framings that can reveal subtle power dynamics without entrenching superficial differences. Instead they reveal where hidden continuities underlie apparently oppositional categories, and so invite a re-imagining of where mutually beneficial synergies might lie.

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Cohen, Jennifer Esther. "Theory of turbulent wind over fast and slow waves." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1997. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/283717.

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Göranson, Karin, and Annika Hansson. "Fast fashion i modeindustrin : En kamp mot klockan." Thesis, Linnaeus University, Linnaeus School of Business and Economics, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-6380.

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Syftet med uppsatsen är att undersöka vad som inom fast fashion har påverkat företagen på den internationella modemarknaden. Världen har förändrats och konsumenter ställer högre krav på modeföretag. Tiden blir en allt mer drivande faktor i och med att leverantörskedjor utvecklar kortare ledtider. Produktionsstrategin inom fast fashion företaget är i leverantörskedjan av stort fokus. Vi vill med denna uppsats skapa uppmärksamhet till det omtalade fenomenet som har tillkommit, fast fashion. Därför har leveranskedjan samt andra utvecklade strategier idag utvecklats eftersom det har en stor betydelse för att överleva som ett fast fashion företag i modeindustrin.

Vi har under uppsatsens gång utgått ifrån de teorier som vi funnit vara relevanta inom ämnet för att kunna koppla den till empiri. Studien är därför utförd efter en kvalitativ undersökningsmetod med en abduktiv forskningsansats. Till stor del är uppsatsen baserad på sekundärdata, vi har här utgått ifrån fallstudie av Zara och H & M. En anonym kvalitativ intervju med en anställd inom ett världskänt fast fashion företag är genomförd. Vi har sedan analyserat och framfört empirin emot den valda teorin för att finna samband och skillnader av de valda fast fashion företagen.

Slutsatsen är att fast fashion begreppet står för effektivitet, flexibilitet och vetskapen om de rätta trenderna. Tiden, kommunikation och korta ledtider är viktiga faktorer som spelar en huvudroll inom fast fashion. Det visar sig att konsumenternas preferenser idag ändras på ett ögonblick, vilket är skapat av att fast fashion företag visat att det är möjligt att leverera det senaste modet på några få dagar. Slutsatsen visar att den viktigaste strategin inom fast fashion är att kunna reagera snabbt på modemarknadens efterfrågan.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic 'Slow and fast fashion'

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